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Clark Saddle circa 1880

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Clark Saddle circa 1880
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John Clark started his saddlery in Portland, Oregon in 1870. He later died in 1923. His family continued the saddlery until 1927. Many of the Clark saddles had polished silver and brass horns. This saddle was built circa1880. The saddle shows overall good condition with the seat being 13". The piece has a square skirt with carved hand tooled designs along the fringe across the entire saddle.This is from the Dale E. Moore Collection in Belgrade, Montana. Dale started and runs the Montana Horseman Saddle Building School. This piece is from his over 50 year collection ofrare saddles. He started building saddles in Helena Montana in 1964 under the guidance and direction of Jack Miller. Jack was a master saddle maker who, during his career, worked for themost famous saddle shops in the west. These included: Visalia Saddlery California, Garcia Saddlery Elko Nevada and Hamleys of Pendleton Oregon. Jack Miller died in 1974.